verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
love
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George would spend early evenings lying on the hillside with her, professing his love .
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He seizes her hand and professes his violent love for her.
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It was a recording of a phone conversation allegedly between the Princess and an admirer, who professed his love for her.
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Soon enough, Ferdinand was professing his love and asking her to marry him.
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In two days' time, the calendar dictates that we must profess love to those we hold dear.
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Often she will be able to sleep with rising superstars and juvenile celebrities who will profess love but never contemplate marrying her.
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Never for a moment did I doubt the acceptability to an investment banker of a professed love of money.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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For months, Derek had wanted to profess his love for Beth.
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In Mexico, ninety percent of the people profess Catholicism.
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Lewis professed his innocence.
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Speaking softly, Prucell professed her dislike of giving interviews.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He professed to be mates with all the Revie team now as then.
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It professes no particular architectural creed; it belongs to no recognisable school of design.
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Often she will be able to sleep with rising superstars and juvenile celebrities who will profess love but never contemplate marrying her.
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She professed to have been a cook in a house where I was once governess.
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She was not then perpetually professed.
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What they did not profess to understand was how it could be terminated.
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While Norm professed dismay with his thievery, he always kept what Benjy brought him.